Expert on police behavior discusses key part of juror instruction

View from Officer Jeronimo Yanez' squad car.
View from Officer Jeronimo Yanez' squad car during the traffic stop and shooting of Philando Castile in Falcon Heights.
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

Experts in police procedure have been helping to make sense of videos of officer Jeronimo Yanez fatally shooting Philando Castile. Their analysis helps us see the case through the jury's eyes.

David Harris, an expert in police behavior at the University of Pittsburgh law school and host of the Criminal (in)Justice Podcast, spoke with All Things Considered host Tom Crann about what kind of instruction the jury in the Yanez trial received — a key part being instruction related to the "reasonable use of force" by police officers.

To listen to their conversation, click the audio player above.

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